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1874.] Bajendralala Mitra— Note on the JPdlam JBdoli Inscription. 
The epithets used in connexion with these names are throughout Sans¬ 
krit. Qutb ud-dln is styled a Bhupala, Firuz Shah a Bhumipati , Mu’izz ud- 
din a Nripa, ’Ala ud-din a Nripati, Na<jir ud-din a Prithvindra, and Ghiyas- 
ud-din a Hammira, a Nripati, and a Sammrat. These terms, however, have 
not been used as specific titles, hut to indicate the persons named having 
been kings, with the exception of course of the word Hammira , which is a 
proper name, and is used to imply that Ghiyas ud-din was a second Hammi¬ 
ra in greatness. The praises of this king are sung in the loftiest strain of 
flattery, deposing even Vishnu from his role of the preserver of the universe 
to instal a Moslim in his place. In the same way, the extent of his prede¬ 
cessor’s dominion is defined from the Sagar Island, in the Bay of Bengal, to 
Ghazni, and down to Cape Comorin. 
The predecessors of the Pathans are described to have been first Chau- 
hans, and before them the Tomaras. The Pathans themselves are called 
S'akas or Scythians, and the word Musalman or Pathan is nowhere used. 
Translation . 
Sri. Salutation to Ganapati. Om! Salutation to S'iva. 
1. May He who creates, protects, and destroys this (universe)—may 
He who irradiates and also immerses in illusion (the minds of) men—may 
that Hara, who fulfils the desires of his votaries, be the destroyer of the 
travails of this world to you all! 
2. Issuing from whose head the heavenly stream (Ganges) laves the 
empire in sanctity and prosperity, and, by her ever-undulating waves, 
serves as a chauri by his side—over whom the rays of the white-rayed 
(moon) form an orb, like a soothing umbrella—may that S'ankara of illimi¬ 
table glory be to your welfare ! 
3. The land ofHariyanaka was first enjoyed by the Tomaras, 
and then by Chauhanas. It is now ruled by S'aka kings. 
4. First came S'ahabadina, then king Khudabadina, # then 
Samasadina, then Pheruj asahi became king. 
5. After him J alaladina, and then were born king M a u j a d i n a, 
the auspicious, and noble king Alavadina, and the lord of the earth 
Nasaradina. 
6. He for whom the earth, from Gaud a to Gajjana, from the 
country ofDravida to the entirety of Setubandha, all the contented 
provinces in the great kingdom of S aur aj y a,f bore vernal floral charms, 
produced by the rays of the innumerable precious stones and corals which 
* The first letter of the name in the original is the cerebral sibilant which for seve¬ 
ral centuries has been in the North-Western Provinces pronounced like Tch, and by care¬ 
less scribes often used for 
f A homonym of Saurashtra or Surat, rdshtra and rdjya having the same meaning— 
a kingdom. 
